To stand up and give Sinead O'Connor a round of applause

Not something that would normally happen at Maison Fifi but in this case I think it is richly deserved for her open letter to Miley Cyrus. I know Sinead is no stranger to courting publicity but with this one I think she is bang on the money www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24382051

Actually, I'd like to print some of the comments about being worth more than your body or sex appeal out and hand them out to some of the secondary school girls going past my gate on a morning.

I don't know actually. I agree very much with her comments about the music industry basically pimping female performers, but I'm not sure it's good form to target Miley Cyrus personally. She is person of the moment I know, which is why she's been chosen of course because it capitalises on the publicity, but something about it leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

Actually, both of the above. I think Cyrus is being cynically exploited by the music industry, and that O'Connor is slut shaming (and her famous "Nothing compares" song was one of the most hideous songs of all time - I used to want to spew every time I heard her whingeing about how she'd counted every single blooming second since she'd been dumped).

But Solid she makes an excellent point - that she will obscure her talent and that she should own herself is good advise. I bet that if you got a list of her management team, producers, video production, PR etc it would be man heavy in ALL critical areas. I think well said to o'Connor. Oh, and let's not forget that o'Connor has some serious Mental Health problems before we slag her off too much!

Miley Cyrus is on record as having said she based parts of her Wrecking Ball video on Nothing Compares 2U and is 'inspired' by Sinead O'Connor. She wrote that letter in response to lots of media demands for a quote - instead of the bitchfest they no doubt hoped would ensue, I think O'Connor has written quite a measured response and offered her own experience of the music industry from a protective, rather than patronising instinct.

The message of love and value yourself is a great one.

Have to confess I cringed at the 'your body is for yourself and your boyfriend' bit though. Nope, your body is yours. No-one elses.

Saucy jack. I have severe alopecia and find this very upsetting. I hope you are immaculately presented and absolutely perfect to be such a utter dick about something someone has no control over. If I was as much of a dick as you I would wish for you to share but fortunately for me I'm not!

I can't stand Sinead O Connor, she is rude and she gives me the creeps, everything about her just horrible.

If she had wanted to offer advice to Miley Cyrus, who is in need of it, she could have done it privately. She has an agent that could have sorted it for her doesn't she? There is no need for her to have done it publicly, that doesn't come across as if she's trying to help, it comes across as if she's being patronising, and jumping on someone's else's publicity to get some more attention for herself.

If you're not a fan of Sinead/like what Miley is doing, take the letter in isolation and think of it as a general piece of advice to any teenage girl/young woman - the message is by and large a good one to follow.

occams razor states that the simplest solution is most likely. The simple explanation is that she likes the look. The complicated one.. that she is part of calculating mysoginist record company advisers against her will seems unlikely to me.